A Florida Department of Children and Families investigation has confirmed flaws with the institution's handling of child welfare complaints. The investigation followed a USA TODAY story that exposed more than 4,000 records detailing accusations of abuse by foster caregivers — including denying children medical care and sending them to school dirty and hungry. DCF, which conducted a review of 1,100 of those calls, had said that those accusations did not meet its definition of serious harm — and revoked the foster care licenses of only 1 percent of those who received complaints. QUOTE "We have a system that is taking children because they think they can do better (than parents), and we're clearly seeing in black and white that they're woefully ill-prepared to do so," said Florida Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, a Democrat of Plantation.

A Florida Department of Children and Families investigation has confirmed flaws with the institution's handling of child welfare complaints. The investigation followed a USA TODAY story that exposed more than 4,000 records detailing accusations of abuse by foster caregivers &mdash; including denying children medical care and sending them to school dirty and hungry. DCF, which conducted a review of 1,100 of those calls, had said that those accusations did not meet its definition of serious harm &mdash; and revoked the foster care licenses of only 1 percent of those who received complaints. QUOTE "We have a system that is taking children because they think they can do better (than parents), and we're clearly seeing in black and white that they're woefully ill-prepared to do so," said Florida Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, a Democrat of Plantation.

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